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  1. With my 2011 and the Supplemental heater, I have never ever scraped a window and I have no garage. I live near Boston so I really really recommend it. It puts out about 1200W of heat which is not a lot in 110V ac terms but for a 12 volt system it is ALOT !! I just remote start my vehicle, even this morning when it was 5 degrees, and let it run 15 minutes.

  2. From my 2011 experience, it's more complicated than that. There is software that seems to detect the video signal and turn the monitor on in the mirror. If your software has that disabled, too bad. I replaced the tailgate with a V tailgate for a 5th wheel and put a license plate holder with camera on and made a connector to plug into where the tailgate camera went. The video signal must be strong to work properly.

  3. I have both a camera and backup sensors on my current truck. They each have their strengths.

    The camera will show you things that the sensors will not detect. And I have my camera low enough

    that I can see under my 5th wheel and see if the tires are OK. But I have had trouble with water

    getting in the camera and had to replace it. You can replace the tailgate camera with an aftermarket

    camera. See subject in SuperDuty Forum.

    The back up sensor will sometimes catch things moving in from the side before you see it on the

    camera and the sound will give you more time to react.

  4. I ordered a new F350 which is made in Kentucky and the spray in liner is part

    of my order.

     

    My 2005 F350 came with out a factory liner and I had one put in by Rhino. Then I

    put in a truck box in the front of the 8 foot bed. And I installed a Reese 5th wheel hitch.

     

    Now contrary to what hitch installers would tell you. Ford had 4 bed bolts in the 8 ft

    F350 2005 bed at exactly the correct spacing for the 5th wheel rails if you used a single large

    bolt on each end of each rail. Just remove the factory bolts. Go under the truck

    and remove the nut plates. No drilling required. Then the rails where on top of the Rhino liner.

     

    Now 5 years later I removed the truck box. (waiting on 2011 truck) The Rhino liner behind the

    truck box is shiny and everywhere else is dull.

  5. Ok for the tech data. The camera connector beneath the tail gate is C497 and is a 6 conductor cable.

    Pin 1 is Violet with Gray strip and is +12 volts

    Pin 2 is White with Green strip and is Video +

    Pin 3 is Brown with Violet strip and is Video -

    Pin 4 is Black and is a ground shield for Video. This is Not power ground and should not be used for Power Ground.

    Pin 5 is Black on Male connector and Black with White stripe on Female connector and is Power Ground.

    Pin 6 is not used.

     

    With this information just about any license plate camera may be used in place of the

    one in the tailgate for us 5th wheelers that remove the factory tail gates.

     

    I can't wait for my F350 SD

  6. I have an 18 mile drive to work and the temperature gauge doesn't start moving until I am half way to work in my 2005 F350XLT Crew cab. So I sprang for the Remote Start and the Axillary Heat in my new truck that I ordered in the end of January. It will be Spring before I get it so I will have to wait until next year to test. Having the Engine block heater plugged in does help.

  7. It should not be hard to figure out. It probably has a connector with 4 wires. +12V, Ground, Video+, and Video-

    With a multimeter and the camera activated. Unplug the tailgate camera, and see if you can find +12v between

    two of the terminals. This will be your power. The wire sizes may also give you a clue. Once +12 and ground

    have been figured out you can experiment and connect the video each way briefly without injury. A license plate

    camera such as sold by Crutchfield and their Boyo line should work.

    My dealer did not know the camera was mounted in the tailgate. So this is what I am going to do.

     

    An Engineer.

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